CVE-2018-12596

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
Episerver Ektron CMS before 9.0 SP3 Site CU 31, 9.1 before SP3 Site CU 45, or 9.2 before SP2 Site CU 22 allows remote attackers to call aspx pages via the "activateuser.aspx" page, even if a page is located under the /WorkArea/ path, which is forbidden (normally available exclusively for local admins).
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-12596
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-10-10T21:29:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-269 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:episerver:ektron_cms:9.00:-:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:episerver:ektron_cms:9.00:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:episerver:ektron_cms:9.00:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:episerver:ektron_cms:9.10:-:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:episerver:ektron_cms:9.10:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:episerver:ektron_cms:9.10:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:episerver:ektron_cms:9.20:-:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:episerver:ektron_cms:9.20:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://medium.com/@alt3kx/ektron-content-management-system-cms-9-20-sp2-remote-re-enabling-users-cve-2018-12596-bdf1e3a05158 Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/alt3kx/CVE-2018-12596 Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/15 Exploit Mitigation Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45577/ Exploit Mitigation Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12596
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12596
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:32:34 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 13:11:48 2018-10-10T21:29Z 2018-10-10T21:29:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 13:11:48 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 13:11:48 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated